... oil markets to rebalance towards end of 2017," IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said at a briefing in Bratislava, Slovakia. After the agreement to cut production, "one could well see rebalancing to take place earlier, in early 2017." Anything ...
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Slovakia's parliament has passed a bill by a two-thirds majority, effectively barring Islam from gaining official status as a religion. The former communist state has fiercely resisted European Union efforts to use quotas to forces member states to accept mainly Muslim new arrivals, welcomed to the continent by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Muslims will have a difficult time registering their religion anytime soon after the Slovak parliament approved Wednesday a bill seemingly designed to that effect. Sponsored by the nationalist Slovak National Party and approved by a two-thirds majority, the legislation increases the required size of a congregation from 20,000 members to 50,000 for religions wanting to acquire official status, Reuters writes .
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The temperature difference compared to the average between the years 1961-1990 was +1.6A Celsius higher until the end of October, as measured at the meteorology station in Hurbanovo, the Slovak Hydro-meteorological Institute informed the SITA newswire. Even if December fell within the span of long-term average temperatures, this difference is expected to be at least +1.4A C by the end of 2016 - making it the 8 century .
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If the general election took place between November 23 and 29, 2016, the current ruling coalition would not win a majority in parliament. This stems from a poll conducted by the Focus polling agency on a sample of 1,008 respondents aged over 18. The ruling party, Smer, would still be the strongest player on the scene, with 23.3 percent of votes, the SITA newswire cited the poll.
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Slovakia drafted a set of anti-terrorist measures for the years 2016 and 2017, in the aftermath of last year's terrorist attacks around Europe. However, some of the anti-terrorist measures have not been carried out on schedule so far, due to a lack of financial resources.
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After a court ruled that RA3bert OkoliA A ny need not go to pre-trial custody, and fears of him fleeing abroad arose, police detained this man, considered one of the mightiest gang leaders in eastern Slovakia, on December 1. OkoliA A ny, twice sentenced to life sentences - with verdicts not being effective - was detained by elite police officers from the National Criminal Agency . Also Jaroslav PotAoA ek, involved in a case of premeditated murder, was detained together with him, the Aktuality.sk website wrote.
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Phone calls announcing a bomb at a specific institution have become frequent in Slovakia, despite fines and sentences. However, no court was specified in the call on November 30; and thus, all eight regional courts in the country had to be searched.
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The capitals of the two neighbouring countries will get a better train connection, starting with the effectiveness of the new timetable, from December 11. The Czech private transport company, RegioJet, has arrange for a train connection two times day between Bratislava, the Czech city of Brno, and Prague. RegioJet received a letter on November 30 from the Czech administrator of railway infrastructure - The Administration of Railway Transport Way - which confirmed the timetable on this route, the spokesman AleA OndrA j informed the TASR newswire.
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... we held three; June 18 in Nice, California, October 29 in New Town, North Dakota and November 10 in Bratislava, Slovakia. In 2014, we often were required to pay upwards of $3,000 to rent venues to hold live events. In 2016, a venue paid LFC ...
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The World Touring Car Championship will return to Macau after a two-year absence, also adding Monza in Italy to its 2017 season schedule, with the calendar confirmed at the World Motor Sport Council in Vienna. The races in Slovakia, Russia and France have been dropped - with the latter two influenced by the departures of Lada and Citroen from the championship.
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Slovakia passed legislation on Wednesday to effectively block Islam from gaining official status as a religion in the near future in the latest sign of growing anti-Muslim sentiment across the European Union. The former communist state has fiercely resisted EU efforts to cope with a big influx of mainly Muslim migrants into Europe since 2015, in part by opposing quotas to share out asylum seekers among EU members.
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Nearly every fifth person in Slovakia lives in conditions close to the poverty or social exclusion level. The most endangered groups are young people, single-parent families, families with three or more children, disabled people and the Roma, according to a new report by the European Institute for Gender Equality .
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The Catholic bishops of Slovakia are opposing ratification of an international convention on violence against women, because the convention uses language that reflects "gender ideology." "Any form of violence committed on women is condemnable and absolutely inadmissible," said Archbishop Stanislav Zvolensky of Bratislava.
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A new application, Taxify, will launch its operation in Bratislava on December 2nd. It aims to treat its customers better than other similar services and offer lower prices, the Sme daily reported on its website.
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Tips for performances and other events in the capital between December 2 and 11, including concerts, festivals, classical music, Georgian national ballet, cinema, Christmas markets, tour, exhibitions and more. CONCERT: Simon McBride - Irish musician following in the footsteps of Rory Gallagher and Gary Moore plays guitar, which is combined with his fine voice.
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The FIM EWC has an all-new round - the 8 Hours of Slovakia Ring, to be held on Saturday 24 June 2017 on the Slovakia Ring circuit a short distance from Bratislava. This new race slots into the 2016/2017 season.
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They were guests of host families of pupils in Carrick in what was described as a "week of great excitement for the school". During their stay, they also had an opportunity to visit tourist attractions including Carrick Castle, Titanic Belfast and the Giant's Causeway.
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The bank's experts will also focus on creating and developing technical capacities for analyses in the area of climate change and power engineering. Slovakia will have a study concerning low-carbon growth in Slovakia up to 2030 with a prognosis extending up to 2050.
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